Read lines 170-178 How do the words in italic type contribute to the tone in this section of the text? Use the RACE strategy to respond.
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"No doubt I now grew very pale:--but I talked more
fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound
increased-and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick
sound-much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped
in cotton. I gasped for breath-and yet the officers heard it
not. I talked more quickly--more vehemently; but the noise
steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high
key and with violent gesticulations, but the noise steadily
increased."